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WHUS51 KAKQ 220534
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
134 AM EDT WED JUL 22 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT TO WINDMILL POINT VA...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO NEW POINT COMFORT VA...
RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER FROM URBANNA TO WINDMILL POINT...
* UNTIL 300 AM EDT.
* AT 134 AM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 NM WEST OF SMITH POINT TO NEAR URBANNA INLET,
MOVING EAST AT 50 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WINDMILL POINT, LOWER BERNARD ISLAND, RAPPAHANNOCK RANGE LIGHT,
RAPPAHANNOCK LIGHT, NANDUA PUNGOTEAGUE REEF, CRISFIELD, IRVINGTON,
URBANNA INLET, TANGIER ISLAND, ANGLERS REEF, SMITH POINT, STINGRAY
POINT, ONANCOCK INLET, OCCOHANNOCK REEF, WATTS ISLAND, LONGS CREEK
INLET, WHITE STONE BRIDGE, SAN MARCOS WRECK, AND NORTHERN NECK
REEF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3780 7647 3776 7644 3776 7639 3780 7637
3784 7644 3791 7639 3790 7604 3793 7603
3790 7603 3790 7591 3798 7586 3797 7589
3798 7588 3802 7575 3797 7560 3784 7561
3760 7581 3752 7583 3752 7628 3760 7662
TIME...MOT...LOC 0534Z 269DEG 48KT 3787 7637 3754 7655
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
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